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Five Questions with Turf Show Times 1) How seriously are Rams fans seeing this whole ‘Fight for LA’ thing? For most Chargers fans Womens Denzel Perryman Jersey , it doesn’t exactly feel like there’s a rivalry with the Rams, and it doesn’t feel like an even fight, either.Not seriously at all. Yet.With the Rams’ history and the fact that Spanos tried to block the Rams from returning to LA, many fans have a pretty strong disdain for the Chargers. Or at least for the owner. So there’s a bed of sentiment to develop a rivalry from. And we know the NFL is going to push for it haaaaaaaaaaaaaard. My take? I think it’ll take root. Obviously a Week 3 game isn’t necessarily going to make it happen, but I think it will develop (a) once you guys starting winning in LA and building a fan base and (b) if we ever get this game in Week 14 or later when we’re both in the midst of a playoff push.As of right now though, we’re busy fighting in the NFC and if anything, fighting for old Raiders fans to come to our side.2) The Rams absolutely beat down on the Cardinals last week. Were the Rams that good, or were the Cardinals that bad?Yes.In all seriousness, it was both. Specifically, the Cardinals’ offense just couldn’t get anything going all game. They didn’t cross the 50-yard line until late in the 4th quarter. So with the field position game cranking and having established the run in the 1st quarter, it was just very easy for the offense to begin to open things up. And given the quality of the skill positions and how well the offensive line is playing http://www.chargersfootballauthentics.c ... -authentic , it was just an avalanche effect that the Cardinals did nothing to stem offensively.3) Following on from that, the Rams offense has looked unstoppable so far. What’s working, and do you anticipate that continuing against the Chargers?The biggest thing that’s working is the offensive line. PFF ranked them 3rd in the NFL after two weeks. They’re just doing a phenomenal job making things straightforward for RB Todd Gurley and allowing QB Jared Goff to operate the offense with confidence in the amount of time he has to go through things. Of course, I have to point to the wideouts as well. Brandin Cooks, Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp form one of the NFL’s best trios. Cooks has shined in his first two games as a Ram in replacing last year’s WR1, Sammy Watkins. The Rams had one of the best offenses in the NFL last year and brought back 10 starters. Many would argue the only personnel change was an upgrade. No reason not to buy into the Rams’ offense again this year.4) Defensively, the Rams seem downright scary. Is there a weakness in this defense, and how much of a miss will Mark Barron be?Well, this is where things are more interesting for me. The Rams weren’t bad by any means in 2017 on this side of the ball, but it wasn’t nearly as dominant as the offense was for stretches. The Rams traded for CBs Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters and added DL Ndamukong Suh on a one-year rental to form perhaps the NFL’s best defensive line. But it meant they had to go with near total overhaul among the linebackers. OLB Robert Quinn and ILB Alec Ogletree were both traded while OLB Connor Barwin left in free agency meaning ILB Mark Barron was the only 2017 starter to return. He hasn’t played a snap dealing with injuries that hampered him throughout 2017. So the linebacking group is both the weak point and the group with perhaps the most potential to improve and/or surprise. Even if the group underwhelms as a whole this year, it’s surrounded by incredibly impressive talent. So it might be the obvious weakness. And it might be the case that we miss Barron substantially. But every roster has holes. And most don’t have the cast around those holes that the Rams do.5) Can we get a prediction for the game http://www.chargersfootballauthentics.c ... -authentic , and for the Rams season as a whole? Just how far can this team go?Man, so this game is interesting. You guys are the best team we’ve faced to this point, so I’m not sure how we’d handle adversity with yall’s level of talent. I’ll go with a medium over/under and a Rams win, but I’m much less confident in my prediction this game than I have been the first two weeks where I was pretty close (and pretty confident). I went 24-20 for the Rams in our staff predictions, but I think it’s going to be largely on the development of the game. Of the third quarter. Of who finds out what’s working and leans into it and who can figure out how to isolate what they’re doing wrong and cut it off as quickly as possible. Should be a good one. Man, after a game like that, a post like this becomes much more difficult to write out.There was a plethora of players that found themselves worthy of the “surge” section, which makes it terribly difficult to narrow it down to just a pair of deserving players. It also makes the “static” section a bit more complicated as I’ll have to dig fairly deep to nitpick on who played bad enough to be deemed having taken a step back.I mean, obviously when a game like that occurs, with an outcome like that, the last thing I ever want to do is be the slightest bit negative because what’s the point? Let’s all just be joyous over the victory and keeping the positivity train chugging along.But if you’ve ever spent much time in the sports world http://www.chargersfootballauthentics.c ... -authentic , either on a team or in individual sport, I’m sure you have been told more than once that there is always something to get better at, no matter how grand of a win you just had.That being said, let’s take a look at who made the final cut for this week’s Surge nomination and who were the unfortunate weak links during the team’s dramatic come-from-behind victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers.SurgeRB Justin JacksonThe rookie out of Northwestern was the biggest breath of fresh air that the Chargers desperately needed when they found themselves headed into the locker room following a first half that saw the team manage just TWO rushing yards over the first thirty minutes of the contest.Jackson wasted zero time getting into his groove he popped off runs of 9, 11, and 18 yards en route to his 18-yard touchdown scamper to give the Chargers the lead in the fourth quarter. That score also ended up being the first of his career.Through the last two weeks, Jackson has vastly outproduced Austin Ekeler on the ground which is obviously a bit surprising given all the love Ekeler has garnered leading up to his last two starts. Ekeler limped through the first half, barely gaining a single rush yard before the break. He eventually found “room” to run in the second but only managed 23 rushing yards on the night. He has just 56 yards and a score on 18 carriesover the last two games.Jackson has a really nice 15-120-1 line since the Arizona game and that obviously stands out for a player that wasn’t even on the active roster following the preseason. Going forward, Jackson’s performance has allowed the Chargers the ability to keep resting Melvin Gordon in hopes of getting their starter back prior to the Thursday night tilt with the Kansas City Chiefs on December 13th.WR Keenan AllenPrior to Sunday night, Allen had only gone over the 100-yard receiving plateau twice this season while failing to record double-digit catches in any of his team’s first 12 games. On Sunday night, Allen made it three games of over 100 yards as he reached a season-high in yards (148) and catches (14). His 14 catches signaled his first game of double-digit catches since December 3rd of last year when he caught 10 balls for 105 yards and a score against the Cleveland Browns.Allen’s impact on the game went far beyond the box score as the Slayer went to work in between the 20’s Youth Tyrell Williams Jersey , almost single-handedly moving the chains time and time again. It also helped that offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt consistently found ways to get mismatches against the defense as Allen, more often than not, found himself matched up with linebacker L.J. Fort, a former FCS player at Northern Iowa.As you could probably guess, it never ended well for Fort.After the first 13 weeks of the season, Allen has 83 catches for 996 yards and 5 touchdowns. His yardage is good for 13th in the league, just behind the Rams’ Brandin Cooks (1,026) and the Steelers’ Antonio Brown (1,028).StaticCB Casey HaywardIt continues to be a steep fall from grace for Hayward who suffered a rough start to the game after he allowed back-to-back completions to Antonio Brown to set up the first of James Connors’ two rushing touchdowns on the night.Brown’s first catch was just a simple out route on the sideline that took advantage of Hayward’s soft coverage. With the team running Cover 3, Hayward was going to give AB that space anyway. On the very next play, the Steelers took advantage of the match-up once again.After motioning Juju Smith-Schuster over from the left to the right Womens Austin Ekeler Jersey , AB was left alone on the left (boundary) side while #19 and a pair of tight ends were on the right. The motion caused safety Jahleel Addae to shift towards the strength of the formation which gave AB all kinds of room to work with. After the snap, AB ran a simple Go route and beat Hayward in a foot race. It was a heck of a pass by Big Ben which was aided by Addae being just far enough to have zero impact on the play.In the second half, Hayward’s play visibly improved as the impact from Brown was almost non-existent following his explosion in the first. The adjustments by Hayward were awesome but a faster start out of the gate will go a long way down this final stretch of the season.OLB Melvin IngramIt’s a been a quiet past few weeks for Ingram ever since Joey Bosa came back into the fold. If you would have asked me several weeks ago, I would have told you that the presence of Bosa would spell good things for Ingram because teams could no longer gameplan for just one talented edge rusher. In their first game back with each other, Ingram recorded a sack against the Oakland Raiders but has failed to have much of an impact in the following two games.Against the Cardinals and Steelers, Ingram has failed to record a sack while collecting just three total tackles. It’s been an odd season for Ingram who has been mostly boom-or-bust this year. He has five games where he had only a single tackle and nothing else. In all other games where he had multiple tackles except the Steelers game, Ingram has also recorded either a sack, forced/recovered fumble, or an interception.So far this year, the consistency has been all over the place and the team will need Ingram to dial it in if they hope to make an aggressive playoff push. Custom Philadelphia Eagles Jerseys